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169 Representation in relation to registration
(1) A person who is not registered in a particular category or class of building practitioner under this Part must not represent or imply that the person is registered in that category or class of registration.
S. 169(2) inserted by No. 46/2018 s. 9, amended by No. 40/2021 s. 12.
(2) A person who is provisionally registered under this Part in a class of builder must not represent or imply that the person is registered under section 171(1)(a) or (ab) in that class of builder.
S. 169AA inserted by No. 40/2021 s. 13.
169AA Certain registered builders must not act as head builders
(1) A provisionally registered builder subcontractor must not enter into a contract with the owner of a building or land for the carrying out of building work at that building or on that land if the cost of the building work exceeds the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 24B(2) and the building work is either—
(a) domestic building work; or
(b) building work that requires a building permit.
(2) A registered builder subcontractor must not enter into a contract with the owner of a building or land for the carrying out of building work at that building or on that land if the cost of the building work exceeds the amount prescribed for the purposes of section 24B(2) and the building work is either—
(a) domestic building work; or
(b) building work that requires a building permit.
(3) For the purposes of this section, if the owner of the building or land and the builder have agreed that building work is to be carried out in stages under a series of separate contracts, the initial agreement and subsequent contracts are considered to be a single contract.
(4) For the purposes of this section—
***cost of the building work*** includes any increase to the contract price resulting from a variation to the building work.
S. 169A substituted by No. 21/2017 s. 7.